The greatest plumbing invention I've found is the Zip-It drain cleaner.Zip_itWeb.jpg

My wife has long hair, and our bathtub drain would clog up about every 6 months requiring me to either disassemble it to clean it out, or dump chemicals down the thing which would render the bathroom unusable until the fumes subsided. I saw this tool at Menards for $1.99 and decided it was worth a try. Snaked it down the drain and pulled out the biggest, nastiest hair clog I've ever seen. I can now unclog the shower drain in about 15 seconds. Pure awesomeness.

I have a black plunger on a stick, sort of an accordion thing. I think it works better than the rubber cups. The problem is that the average toilet has this tiny little tube that drains the bowl into the main sewer line. You could stop that thing up easily. But then the main sewer line out of my house is 4" diameter and we have stopped that up too.

I had a toilet that clogged all the time. Went to Home Depot and talked to my master plumber buddy Gary. He sold me a Kohler Wellworth toilet. It is dang near clog proof, but my oldest son has one friend who could clog an open manhole. Seriously.

Anyway, other than the new toilet, I love my $50 Rigid brand 6' toilet auger. Thing makes unclogging a toilet almost fun. ALMOST.

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Originally Posted by colorider

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